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Montgomery County College Student Gives Pick 5 an “A”

Wins $25,000 prize with free ticket The “gut feeling” that convinced a 23-year-old Rockville resident to visit a 7-Eleven last week led to the largest Lottery win of his life. His $25,000 prize didn’t come from the tickets he purchased, however, but from a free Pick 5 ticket that he never expected to come his […]

Teacher’s Assistant Wins $50,000 MONOPOLY™ X20 Scratch-off Prize

Lucky Baltimore resident finds top-prize winning instant ticket at grocery store A Maryland Lottery scratch-off fan from Baltimore who recently bought two non-winning scratch-offs wasn’t discouraged in her search for Lottery luck. With an additional $10 to spare, the 58-year-old bought a $5 MONOPOLY™ X20 instant ticket. The city resident was shopping at Weis Market […]

The Week in Winners: Maryland Lottery Makes New Millionaires on Upper and Lower Eastern Shore

Players across Maryland won more than $30.1 million during week ending May 29 Two Maryland Lottery players became millionaires last week, and one of them may not even know it yet. A scratch-off player in Wicomico County claimed one of the life-changing prizes last week, but the Lottery is still waiting to greet the Mega [...]

Baltimore City Racetrax Fan Boxes a Bet, Wins $30,946

Finds Lottery luck with Trifecta Box wager On the same day, two different people came to Maryland Lottery headquarters to claim the same Racetrax prize based on different wagers placed at different Lottery retailers. Our second lucky winner was a Baltimore City resident who showed up in good spirits to turn in her $30,946 winning […]

Scratching That Lottery Itch Makes Eastern Shore Player A Millionaire

Truck driver claims first of six top prizes on $20 Show Me $1,000,000! ticket A Maryland Lottery scratch-off enthusiast from the Eastern Shore is Maryland’s newest millionaire after buying a $20 Show Me $1,000,000! instant ticket at a shop in the crossroads community of Mardela Springs in Wicomico County. “He likes to scratch. I like […]

Boonsboro Man Lands $44,000 Mega Millions Prize

Washington County player quadruples prize with Megaplier feature Adding the Megaplier option to his Mega Millions ticket and playing the same four numbers on three lines of his $9 ticket gave a Boonsboro man a $44,000 prize in the May 17 drawing. The Washington County resident visited his local Lottery retailer, Martin’s #6104 located at […]

Intuition, Address Numbers Lead to $25,000 Pick 5 Win

Mechanicsville woman celebrating brush with Lottery luck A series of lucky numbers and a lucky feeling were all it took to win big, according to a retired healthcare worker from St. Mary’s County. She followed her lucky feelings all the way to a $25,000 prize playing the Lottery’s Pick 5 game. Since the game launched […]

Trio of Players Capture $25,000 Pick 5 Prizes

Winners hail from Gaithersburg, Gambrills, Lexington Park Three lucky Pick 5 players collected $25,000 prizes each this week in the days leading up to Memorial Day weekend. The winners are a 57-year-old woman from Lexington Park, a 66-year-old woman from Gaithersburg and a 69-year-old man from Gambrills. Their big wins came in the May 11, […]

Baltimore Retiree’s Free Pick 5 Ticket Yields $25,000 Top Prize

Playing terminal game produces the free winning ticket The Try Pick 5 promotion, which ends June 5, turned a free Pick 5 ticket into $25,000 for a Baltimore woman. “I didn’t even think about it when the ticket printed out,” said the anonymous player, who selected the nickname “Victorious” to tell her winning story. “It […]

Baltimore Man Starts Weekend with $100,000 Scratch-off Win

Claims top prize on $100,000 Extreme Cash game on May 23 Last weekend kicked off just right for a 39-year-old Baltimore resident when he scratched off a top-prize winning $100,000 Extreme Cash instant ticket on Friday. The avid Lottery player primarily chooses scratch-offs, and said this was his biggest win ever. “I scratched the ticket […]